East Mersea. List of Rectors.
The Living in the Presentation of The Prior and Convent of Prittlewell Benedictine.

Instituted	Name	R or O	Notes
c1200 - 1224	Martin de Bockinge		'Persona de Mereseya'
c1239 - 1259			Vacant
1292 Jan 23	Antelinus Abili of Monte Rotondo
c1294	Antelinus de Monte Yuer
c1309	Adam de Skeghton
c1310 - 1317	John Stacey. CI.
c1324	John de Bredstrete		Chaplain
c1333	Rob le Payntor
1349	Joh, de Apelton or Apeltre	Res
c1352	Phil Covell	Res
1352 Oct 26	Will Palmer	Res
1355 Mar 4	Rob. Fleming		Not Instituted
1355 Sep 8	Joh. de Bradelegh	Res
1362 Mar 7	Rob. de Suardeby	Res ?	Beneficed 1367 when ordained
1371 Jun 23	Hugh de Philbert
1371 Oct 26	Hugh de Gardeby	Res
1372 May 18	John de Folkyngham	Res
1372 Jun 19	Tho. de Walle
c1380 - 1409	Joh. Delesle or de Lyls	Res
1409 Apr 19	Rob. Clerke de Bures	Obit
1433 Feb 13	Will Martyn	Obit
1472 Jan 26	Rad. Karvil	Res
1475 Dec 20	Ric. Chapman	Obit
1476 mar 12	Ric. Greenle.	Obit
1488 Oct 24	Rob. Faux	Obit
1490 Mar 4	Joh. Hacton or Hatton Joh. Hawkins	Res
1503 Oct 17	Joh. Wood	Res
1504	Geffrey Leeke
1507 Jul 30	Will White, B.L.	Obit
1528 Jul 16	Tho. Smith, A.M.	Res
1532 Apr 25	Tho. Wayne, D.B.	Obit

Presentation by the Crown

1537 Mar 20	Joh. Barnardstone
c1548	Raffe Brykenhedd
1555 Apr 4	Egid Hilling	Res
1550 Jun 2	Will. Hilton	Obit
1560 Feb 18	Joh. Dodman
1562 Jun	Marcellinus Owtred	Res
1574 Jan 15	Watt. Richardson	Obit
1581	Thomas Tirrell, C.I.		Curate
1586 Jun 8	Will. Wells, A.M.	Obit
1613 Jun 25	Joh. Wood
1615 Aug 2	Israel Edwards, A.M.	Obit	Commonwealth Period 1650-1661
1656 May 12	Tho. Aspinal		Admission by "Triers"
1657 Jan 30	Art. Okeley		Ejected in 1660, and Israel Edwards restored
c1660	William Noble
1667 Feb 3	Geo. Woodward	Obit
1668 Oct 14	And. Walton	Obit
1677 Jul 9	Rob. Le Gross, S.T.P.	Obit
1703 May 24	Richard Holland	Obit
1706 Nov 14	Henry Sykes A.M.	Res
1710 Aug 21	Gamaliel Lagden, B.A.
1736 Jan 27	Naphtahli Hussey	Obit
1769 Mar 25	John Tickel, B.A.		Both included in Institutional books P.R.O.
1786 Apr 3	John Tickel	Obit
1803 Aug 13	John Deeds M.A.	Res
1806 Oct 23	Jno. Bramston Stane M.A. Nathaniel Forster, B.A.		Curate
1857 Mar 19	Chas. Fred. Hayter, B.A.	Res
1871 Mar 27	S. Baring Gould M.A.	Res
1882 Jan 27	Wm. Hy. Goddard M.A.	Obit
1884 Aug 11	Fredk. Jos. Ball M.A.	Res
1897 Sep 15	Alf. Leedes Hunt M.A.	Res
1903 Oct 16	Ronald Dunn B.A.	Res
1939 Sep 27	C.F.P. Bennett M.A.	Res
1952 Feb 29	T.G.R. Hughes, A.K.C.	Res
1957 Jul 13	R.W. East B.A.	Res
1973 Oct 9	F.J. Sergeant A.K.C.	Res
1976 Jul 17	J.E. Boxley M.A.	Res
1981 - 1993	J. Swallow B.A. Dip. Th.	Res
1990 - 1995	Henry Heath	Res	Hon. Curate
1994 - 2002	Robin Howard Elphick A.L.C.D.	Res	Priest in Charge
2003 -	Sam Norton M.A.

Date: 6 November 2011